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Chapter 4: Ambition, First Love, & Hope
Noélle and Esther, who now wore a pink dress similar to her blue one, both sat on Esther's bed. "Abel isn't all that bad, once you get to know him." Noélle told her. "Why don't you give him a chance?"
Esther shook her head and looked away from her. "I don't want to get to know him. I don't want to have anything to do with him! That monster!" She said.
"Awe, come on, Esther. He really is nice. Just give him one chance. One chance is all I ask." She begged.
"Why do you want me to try to be friends with him for? He's a rude, arrogant jerk!"
"You haven't even talked to him for more than an hour."
"Still, why do you want me to?" She asked. She was going to get an answer from her. She was the curious type of person. Always wanting to know what was going on everywhere.
"You see this castle is enchanted. It's not just Abel who bares the curse. Yes, it's true that you can see his part is larger than ours, but we are cursed too. Esther, every worker here are vampires, however, we like to be called Methuselah, because we aren't blood thirsty like the vampires in the legends."
Esther looked at her in fright. "You––You're a vampire!" She squeaked and stood up with a hand gently in front of her own mouth.
"Yes, I am; so is Kate, William, Leon, Ion, Caterina, and Seth. All of us are. We didn't wish for this to happen. Neither did Abel, however, it did."
"How did this happen?" She asked as she sat back down on the bed.
Noélle looked down at the floor. "I can't say. It's painful to bring up. You'd have to ask Abel."
"Abel?" She asked. "Why him?"
"Only he knows the whole story of the curse." Noélle stood up and stretched. "Ah! Well, I must be going. There's work to be done. Now, if you get hungry, just call for me. I'll sneak something up for you." She winked at her as she headed for the door.
"Thank you. Goodnight, Madame."
"Noélle will do."
"Oh, okay. Goodnight, Noélle."
"Goodnight, Esther." She said and opened the door. Esther saw Leon standing right outside."Oh, I hope he wasn't listening to us…" she thought as Noélle closed the door.
Noélle had brought Leon down the dark hall for a second and told him what she had told her.
"You told her what?!" He gasped.
"I told her what we are." She said sheepishly.
"What the hell were you thinking, Noélle?" He yelled at her.
"Shhh! Quieter. She can probably hear us." She told him.
"So how did she react?"
"You weren't listening to our conversation?" She asked him surprised.
"No! I wasn't." He snapped.
She nodded. She could see a yellow aura around him. He was shy around her. She smiled seductively and said, "She was a bit frightened and surprise. However, she still wasn't one hundred percent afraid of me. She was still nice to me."
"Do you think that she will be the one to break our spell?" He asked her hopefully.
"I think so." She said as she held her chin with her right hand. "I see a aura of red (for hope) around her."
Leon smiled. "I can always count on you, Noélle."
The door to Esther's room opened a crack and Esther poked her head out. She looked around to see if she could see Noélle or anyone for that matter. She didn't and let her breath go. She fully opened the door and walked out of the room, into the dark hall. She turned her back to close the door; then walked cautiously down the hall. Her stomach growled loudly. She placed a hand on her stomach to calm it. She hadn't eaten a thing since her teatime with her mother. She needed food and fast. She couldn't bother Noélle and get her into trouble if Abel found her sneaking food to her. She would go down herself and if she were found out, she would be the one to blame. Not Noélle or any of the others. She carefully walked down the grand flight of marble stairs. Her stomach growled again. She pouted.
Ion was drying a dish with a rag. He stood on a stool and held the dripping dish over the sink. He had a sour look on his face. He would rather be playing with Seth then doing the dishes, however, he was a servant boy. Not a royal. Catrina and Kate had found him abandoned in the meadows of the castle and have raise him ever since.
"Come on, Ion. After that dish, I want you to head up stairs and go to bed." Kate said as she put her washed and dried gold tray into on of the cabinets.
"But Kate! I'm not sleepy yet!" He told her. Then he yawned deeply. He put a hand to his mouth to hide it as he did so he dropped the plate, sending it to the ground only to end up in pieces.
"Ion!" Kate gasped.
"Ah! I'm sorry, Kate!" He told her.
She sighed, "I guess, it can't be helped." She bent over and picked the big pieces up off the floor.
"I work and slave all day long. And for what?" A man, who had sort of long black hair, a mustache that lead into a beard, blue eyes, and wore a chef's hat on top of his head, said. "A culinary masterpiece gone to waste!" He placed his pot, which had his masterpiece inside, onto the wooden table in the middle of the kitchen quite hardly.
"Oh, stop your grousing, Vaclav." Kate said as she threw the pieces of the plate into the trash. "It's been a long night for all of us."
"Well if you ask me," William said as he swept up the rest of the pieces of the place into a metal dustpan with a broom, "she was just being stubborn." He took the metal dustpan over to the metal trashcan and dumped the bits of broken plate into it. "After all, he did say please."
"But if Abel doesn't learn to control his temper," Catrina said as she sat on a wooden chair next to the wooden table and held her tea cup in her hand quite elegantly, "he'll never break the…"
Just then the wooden door to the kitchen opened and Esther sheepishly came inside.
"Splendid to see you up and about, Miss Esther." William said as he walked over to her. "Is there anything we can do to make your stay more comfortable?"
"Well, I'm sorry, but I am a little hungry." She said.
"You are?" Kate said. "Here that? She's hungry!" Kate said as she turned to Vaclav and Ion. "Vaclav, stoke up the fire. Ion, break out the silver." Leon and Noélle, who both wore heavy cloaks and Leon was carrying a bucket of water, came into the kitchen through the back door from outside. "Oh, Leon, Noélle! You two take out the china!"
"Esther!" Noélle gasped.
"Why should we?" Leon asked at the same time.
"Because Esther is hungry." Catrina said as she set her cup of tea onto the wooden table.
Esther looked sheepishly at Noélle. "It's true." She said.
"But remember what Abel said." Leon said as he place the wooden bucket onto the table, making the water in it splash around.
"Oh, pishposh!" Kate said as she set the freshly cleaned plates on the table and Ion helped by clumsily trying to place some glasses on the table with them. Catrina helped the young boy.
"We can't let the poor child go hungry." Catrina said.
Leon crossed his arms in a childish manor and said, "Argh! All right, fine! Give the damn girl a glass of water, crust of bread, and then…"
"Leon, I'm surprised at you! She's not a prisoner. She's our guest!" William said as he pulled a wooden chair from the wooden table. "Right this way, Miss Esther. I'm sorry but for tonight you will have to sit in the servant's table. But tomorrow, you will be served at Abel's table in high class!" He exclaimed as she sat in the chair.
"Oh, thank you. It's quite all right. I don't mind at all." She said with a smile.
"Well, let's just keep it down. If Abel finds out about this, it will be our necks. And don't say I didn't worn you." Leon said.
"Of coarse! Of coarse!" William said. "Now, Kate, make some tea for Miss Esther, please."
"Coming up, William!" She said and took the bucket, which Leon had just brought in, and poured some water into the kettle.
Vaclav brought a bowl to her. "Soupe Aux Pommes De Terre." He said.
She picked up her spoon, which Ion had given her, and tried it. "Mmm! Delicious!" She said.
Esther pushed her empty dessert plate away. She had roast duck for her main meal and wonderful chocolate mousse for dessert. "Ah! That was wonderful! Thank you so much for the meal."
"Yes, it was good wasn't it? But look at the time! Now it's off to bed. Off to bed." William said as he waved his hand toward the door. Kate and Catrina had taken Ion to bed and Noélle went to check on Seth. Only Leon, William, Esther and Vaclav, who was doing the dishes, were in there. Leon was leaning back in his chair and William sat in the chair next to the head of the table's chair, where Esther was sitting, was.
"Oh, I couldn't possibly go to bed now. It's my first time in an enchanted castle!" She told him.
He drank the last of his tea in his cup. He set his cup down. "Enchanted! Who said about the castle being enchanted?" He glared at Leon from across the table. "It was you. Wasn't it?" He asked.
"Don't look at me! It was Noélle who told her."
"It was Noélle." She said; then she stood up. "I'd like to look around, if that's all right with you."
"Oh, would you like a tour?" Leon asked as he stood.
William stood up. "Wait a second. Wait a second. I'm not sure if that's a good idea. We can't let her go poking around in certain places, if you know what I mean."
"Perhaps you'd like to show me, William. I'm sure you know everything about the castle." Esther said smiling at him.
"Oh, well, actually, I… well, yes. I do."
"Maybe, we can take her to the gardens, William." Leon said.
"Oh, the gardens sound wonderful!" Esther said.
"Then the gardens it is!" William said.
The light from the moon shown brightly, making the plants, wet from the evening rain sparkle. There were hundreds of types of plants and flowers: lilacs, lavenders, lilies, irises, violets, and roses, along with many, many others. The abundance of them was roses and tall rose bushes. "Wow! I can't believe it! There are so many flowers, even though it's winter!" Esther said as she walked through the rows of plants and flowers.
"Yes, our gardener is amazing." William said as he looked at her as she smiled a stargazer lily.
"You should see it in the spring time. Loads of flowers everywhere!" Leon said as he picked one and walked over Esther.
She looked at him with a smile. "It must be wonderful."
"It is." He said as he gave her the lily.
"Oh, thank you."
"Your welcome. You should pick some for Abel. Along with these lilacs."
"Why do we have to bring him into this matter?" She asked.
"Because, I have never seen him like this before. He's determined to try to win you over to him. He likes you a lot Esther." Leon said as he picked a lilac.
"It's true," William said as he picked a few irises, "not in all my years have I've seen him try so hard. He was always so lazy. But now, you've gave us some hope in our lives and in his."
"Me? What can I do?" She asked as William walked over to her.
"Make him smile. Make him laugh. Make him feel loved. Don't run from him. Don't hide from him. It hurts him to see you do so." William said as he gave her the irises.
She took them as she nodded. "Okay. I'll try. But I won't make any promises."
"That's a good girl!" Leon said.
"What are you doing in here?" A cold voice asked. They looked to see in front of them was a man with long blonde hair.
"Ah! Hugue! You've haven't met Esther yet, have you." William said as he pulled Esther, who held a bouquet of stargazer lilies, lilacs, and irises in her hands, over to Hugue.
"Hello. I'm Esther Blanchett." Esther said as she looked into her bouquet.
"I'm Hugue de Watteau. I am the Master's gardener." He said as he eyed her bouquet.
"Oh, I'm sorry about picking your flowers, Mr. Watteau. Leon and William wanted me to give Abel a bouquet. I don't see why thought––"
"You may call me Hugue."
"Oh, right then. I'm terribly sorry, Hugue."
"It's fine." He said and walked away.
"What's wrong with him?" She asked them as she watched Hugue as he trimmed the rose bushes.
"Hugue has always been a loner. He never really likes to open up." William explained.
"He just takes care of the damn flowers all the time. Never talks to any of us. Just gives us damned cold glares."
Hugue looked at them and glared. He knew that they were talking about him.
Shivers rolled down each of their spines.
"Well, why don't we go and visit the stables! They're right next to the garden. It shouldn't be too much trouble."
Esther looked up at the castle window. She had felt that someone was watching her, but she only got to see a blur of silver as the curtain swished. "Silver?"
The three of them walked into the warm barn. Hay was scattered about the floor and piles into big bundles. A horse whinnied as they walked in and another snorted. The whinny sounded awfully familiar to Esther. She looked over at one of the stables and saw Philippe standing in it. "Philippe!" She gasped as she shoved the bouquet into Leon's chest and walked over to her horse. "What on earth are you doing in here?" She asked as she petted his nose. He rubbed against her hand happily.
"Is this horse yours?" Someone asked. Esther looked at a man, who had short auburn hair and brown eyes, as he whipped his hands on a rag. He stood in the stable next to Philippe's.
"Yes, it is. I lost him on my way here." She told him.
"Ah! Tres! This is Esther! She's the one!" William asked as he winked at Tres.
"The one? Oh, I understand." He looked at Esther and said, "I am Tres Iqus."
"I am Esther Blanchett, please to meet you." She said as she smiled. She kissed Philippe's nose. "You be a good boy for Tres, Philippe." She told him; then turned to William and Leon. "Can we head to bed now? I'm starting to feel a bit tired." She told them as she yawned.
"Oh, yes, certainly, Esther. Well, goodnight, Tres." Leon said.
"Goodnight." Tres said.
Esther turned and nodded. "Goodnight. See you in the morning." She said; then she walked over to Leon and took back the bouquet.
Esther stood alone in her room. The only thing that lit the room was a single candlestick on her nightstand. She looked at the bouquet in her hand. "Why am I doing this for?" She wondered. "He's a monster. He doesn't have feelings. Yet then why did a see sorrow in his eyes? And why does his wings creak with old sorrow?" She placed the bouquet in a vase filled halfway with water, which Kate had left for her, on her nightstand. She pulled the pink ribbon out of her hair and let her long locks of scarlet-red hair flow gently around her face. She placed the ribbon next to the vase. She changed out of the pink dress and into an off-white nightgown, which Noélle––it had seemed––had prepared for her, for in was on her bed. She pulled the covers back on her bed and crawled inside. She pulled the covers over her body and leaned over to her nightstand to blow her candle out. She did and relaxed into her bed. Today had been a long harsh day for her. She had been proposed to by Dietrich, left her mother, and became a prisoner of an enchanted castle with a beast-like creature. She sighed and rolled in her bed."A sorrowful beast-like creature." She reminded herself. It was her duty to make him happy. "My duty?" She thought. She rolled back towards the nightstand and looked at the flowers. Stargazer lilies mean ambition. Lilacs mean first love. And irises mean hope. "Hope?" She touched her back. "Hope…. I am always a sign for hope. Aren't I?" She thought; then drifted off to sleep.
well there you go! that's chapter four of A Beauty And A Beast! I hope you enjoyed it! and here's the cast for this chapter:
Belle: Esther
Prince/Beast: Abel
Lumeire/Cogsworth: Leon
Lumeire/Cogsworth: William
Mrs. Potts: Catrina
Chip: Ion
Wardorbe: Noélle
Maid: Kate
Chef: Vaclav Havel
Gardener(OC in Beauty and the Beast plot line): Hugue de Watteau
Stable Runner(OC in Beauty and the Beast plot line): Tres Iqus
Philippe: as himself!